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1 Mental Health Network A Year At A Glance

2 Agenda Review of Workgroups Accomplishments Training Workgroup Peer Support Workgroup Awareness Workgroup Overview of Movies for Mental Health Showcase of the short videos used at the event

Training Workgroup Collaborated with Minds Matter Magazine to create bookmark Intentional strategy to promote training with student leaders, staff, faculty, TAs, and FSG facilitators Report from

3 Training Workgroup Collaborated with Minds Matter Magazine to create bookmark Intentional strategy to promote training with student leaders, staff, faculty, TAs, and FSG facilitators Report from Council of Ontario Universities 602 have completed the program online and received certificate to date 856 have registered on the site to use as needed Discussion to proceed to promote for next year Strategies include promote to DSAs and campus groups through Student Life, Career Centre for work-study students

Training Workgroup Increased to 5 UTSC Staff trained to deliver safetalk Trainings for 2016-17 at UTSC: Students Nov. 30, 16 trained Jan.

4 Training Workgroup Increased to 5 UTSC Staff trained to deliver safetalk Trainings for at UTSC: Students Nov. 30, 16 trained Jan. 26, 26 trained Feb. 1, 20 trained Mar. 24, next scheduled training Staff and Faculty Dec. 6, 17 trained April. 6, next scheduled training

5 Training Workgroup For Staff and Faculty Feb 22 and trained Lower than last year skip a year? For Students Inquiry from students about offering training for students for career professional development Discussed having a partnership with AACC and a student group PNDA as a career development opportunity

6 Peer Support Workgroup MMM s Student Navigation tool Bookmark with More Feet On The Ground Distributed at large events and shared with CTL for TAs and FSGs

7 Peer Support Workgroup Partnership with SSO 11 students registered Nov 2, 9, 16, 23 Both facilitators were UofT alum, one from UTSG and UTSC

8 Peer Support Workgroup New areas to explore: Wellness Recovery Action Plan programming at UTSC Facilitated Study Groups focused on needs of students coping with mental illness

9 Awareness Workgroup Green lights with collaboration with SCSU Mental Health Understood Fair Invite for other departments to share in the month by aligning programming Passive campaign: Plan to repeat for next year

Mental Health Understood Fair October 5th, 2016,

10 care packages donated by departments as prizes for

meaningful discussions at displays 10 community

10 Mental Health Understood Fair October 5th, 2016, Meeting Place Over 150 passports done by participants 10 care packages donated by departments as prizes for students Evaluations 55 results positive, shared meaningful discussions at displays 10 community partners, 15 departments, 13 student groups Plan to repeat next year

11 Mental Health and Culture Guest Speaker: November 8, 2016 Dr. Jessica Dere Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream Department of Psychology, UTSC 55 faculty, staff and students attended Talk on using cultural factors defining mental illness and impact of culture and mental health in our settings Consider more faculty to be showcased by the Mental Health Network Ideas of topics for next year include: addiction, suicide, social media and mental health, sleep, ADHD, mindfulness Summit if possible

12 Awareness Workgroup Movies for Mental Health Partnership with PNDA, MMM, Dept of Psychology, HWC, AA, SHRL, UTSC Police Shown in 2 parts in PSY-A02 on Feb 10 and 17 Resource Fair after each class Community Partners: YouthLink, Partners for Mental Health, Malvern Family Resource Centre, CMHA

13 Movies for Mental Health

14 Movies for Mental Health What was your main takeaway? Be understanding and kind Stigma varies from culture to culture Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, it is not my fault There is still a need to raise awareness Don't hesitate to speak about mentally illness There are a lot of culturally related assumptions about mental health and illness Mental health is important and shouldn't be ignored.

15 Movies for Mental Health PSYA02 Follow-up Assignment: Assignment inspired by the Movies for Mental Health Event Students in PSYA02 are creating their own short films related to concepts from the course Students will anonymously review each other s films and provide feedback Encouraged to submit their work to Art with Impact s monthly video competition

16 Movies for Mental Health Rinse and Repeat The Blind Stigma by Stacy-Ann Buchanan Three by Karen Hua Questions: What did you think? What did you feel? What did you learn?

2018 Mental Health Observances

2018 Mental Health Observances January National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week SM (Jan. 22-28) Fun at Work Day (Jan. 27) A Healthy New Year Make a fact vs. myth sheet. Use the hashtag #drugfacts on social media. Hold a small event to celebrate